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  • 2022 Edition of Jabberwocky is Now Online!

    Read the 2022 edition of Jabberwocky, the student-run undergraduate literary journal of the English Department.

    Cover art by Sophia VanHelene.

  • Check out Advising Resources

    Whether you have questions about classes or careers, our advisors are here to help you get set up for success.

  • Check out our Specializations!

    In addition to the major and minor, the English Department now offers 8 Letters of Specialization and 1 Certificate. Whether you're interested in Literature as History or Environmental Humanities, we're ready to help you explore your passions.

    Featuring 2021-22 members of the SAB (L to R): Kate Nadolski, Leila Elguessab, and Allysa Cayabyab

  • Ocean Vuong's Best-Selling Novel To Be Made Into Movie

    Associate professor Ocean Vuong's debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, will be adapted for film by A24, an award-winning entertainment company. 

    Image by Angelica Alzona / for the New Yorker

News

Elena Kalodner-Martin, PhD candidate, Awarded ATTW Graduate Research Award and Amplification Award

June 13, 2022

Elena Kalodner-Martin, PhD candidate in Composition and Rhetoric, was recently awarded one of the 2022 ATTW Graduate Research Awards and a 2022 Amplification Award for her dissertation research....

Jabberwocky Staff Publish 2022 Edition

May 31, 2022

The staff of Jabberwocky, the official, student-run undergraduate literary journal of the English Department, have recently published a new edition and celebrated its launch. Jabberwocky 2022 (PDF)...

English MFA Prizes and Scholarships 2022

May 25, 2022

Daniel and Merrily Glosband MFA Fellowship in Poetry...

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Donikah Brutus '20

"[In the English major], you’re always reading something. English really taught me how to figure out what’s important in any given reading."

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